Class DropDownButtonFactory

java.lang.Object

org.openide.awt.DropDownButtonFactory

public final class DropDownButtonFactory
extends Object

Factory creating buttons with a small arrow icon that shows a popup menu when clicked. The default button behavior hasn't changed except that the button doesn't display any text, just the icon.

Since:

6.11

Author:

S. Aubrecht

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	PROP_DROP_DOWN_MENU	Use this property name to assign or remove popup menu to/from buttons created by this factory, e.g.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static JButton	createDropDownButton(Icon icon, JPopupMenu dropDownMenu)	Creates JButton with a small arrow that shows the provided popup menu when clicked.
static JToggleButton	createDropDownToggleButton(Icon icon, JPopupMenu dropDownMenu)	Creates JToggleButton with a small arrow that shows the provided popup menu when clicked.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

PROP_DROP_DOWN_MENU

public static final String PROP_DROP_DOWN_MENU

Use this property name to assign or remove popup menu to/from buttons created by this factory, e.g. dropDownButton.putClientProperty( PROP_DROP_DOWN_MENU, new JPopupMenu() ) The property value must be JPopupMenu, removing this property removes the arrow from the button.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

createDropDownButton

public static JButton createDropDownButton(Icon icon,
 JPopupMenu dropDownMenu)

Creates JButton with a small arrow that shows the provided popup menu when clicked.

Parameters:

icon - The default icon, cannot be null

dropDownMenu - Popup menu to display when the arrow is clicked. If this parameter is null then the button doesn't show any arrow and behaves like a regular JButton. It is possible to add the popup menu later using PROP_DROP_DOWN_MENU client property.

Returns:

A button that is capable of displaying an 'arrow' in its icon to open a popup menu.

createDropDownToggleButton

public static JToggleButton createDropDownToggleButton(Icon icon,
 JPopupMenu dropDownMenu)

Creates JToggleButton with a small arrow that shows the provided popup menu when clicked.

Parameters:

icon - The default icon, cannot be null

dropDownMenu - Popup menu to display when the arrow is clicked. If this parameter is null then the button doesn't show any arrow and behaves like a regular JToggleButton. It is possible to add the popup menu later using PROP_DROP_DOWN_MENU client property.

Returns:

A toggle-button that is capable of displaying an 'arrow' in its icon to open a popup menu.